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Save the Date: A Gatsby Hot Air Affair


Adorn your sumptuous satins, voluptuous velvets, or fabulous fedoras and join us for our 29th annual fundraiser, A Gatsby Hot Air Affair! You’ll be dazzled and delighted throughout the evening as you enjoy an elegant dinner, live/silent auction, and not-to-miss entertainment in the “Speakeasy Lounge” featuring live jazz music and the show-stopping performance of Pianopalooza withTony Bohnenkamp.  Don't miss the National Balloon Classic's fundraiser on February 13, 2016, at the Simpson College Kent Campus Center!
 

Go LED and Save

 
Update your light bulbs to LED lighting (they use less electricity and with Mid American rebates pay for themselves!)
 
Purchase your LED ballest compatible light bulbs or LED retrofit light bulbs that bypass the ballasts from Indoff Office Supplies.  Competitive prices of course.
 
Contact LORETTA BURK at 515-953-7401loretta.burk@indoff.com, for a demo.

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PRINTING
 
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Biggest Loser Fusion Fitness Style!

Back by popular demand is the Biggest Loser at Fusion Fitness. This program is perfect for a beginner who needs some help getting started or a current participant who needs a little push!

Fusion Fitness is partnering with Hy-Vee of Indianola for this 6-week program. Participants receive 30 workouts in 6 weeks! That's 5 workouts per week. Fusion Fitness offers accelerated workout opportunities in both the mornings and evenings. 

Call Fusion Fitness today at 515-961-6066 for more information about this popular training program. 

"Learn, LOSE, and transform yourself in a very comfortable, friendly, and motivating environment." 

Calendar of Events

January 26 - Ribbon Cutting at Bank of the West - 10 a.m. New
January 28 - Indianola Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner - 5:30 p.m.-8:45 p.m. New
 

Love Your Melon

Support the Simpson College crew for Love Your Melon by buying a hat to help a child battling cancer. 

Love Your Melon's mission is to put a hat on the head of every child battling cancer in America. You can contact the Simpson crew or get more information about this great organization at loveyourmelon.com. 

Follow the Simpson participants at:
Twitter: @SimpsonLYMcrew
Instagram: @simpsonlymcrew
Facebook: Simpson College Love Your Melon Campus Crew

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Simpson Breakfast Club New Shedule

Here is the schedule for the Simpson-Indianola Breakfast Club meetings for the remainder of the academic year.  As you will see, the first meeting of 2016 is set for January 9.
 
January 9, 2016
February 6
March 5
April 2
May 7
 
Wishing you all a memorable holiday season and a happy and healthy new year,

Happy Holidays from the Indianola Chamber

Holiday Office Hours

The Indianola Chamber of Commerce will be closed December 23, 24 & 25, 2015, in oberservance of the Christmas holiday. 

We also will be closed on December 31 and January 1 in oberservance of the New Year!

A Very Difficult Day for Many...

Celebrating the Life of Zac Easter

This morning, the life of Zachary Joseph Easter, son of our very own Executive Director Brenda Easter, was celebrated at the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Indianola. Through the tears, stories, and laughter, Zac was remembered as a loving, giving, selfless and couragous soul who will be dearly missed! Zac's battle finally rests in peace, but his familly and friends' battle to have his death not be in vien... has only just begun.

Let us all rally around to help them through this difficult time and fight his fight by stepping up and speaking out for Chronic Tramatic Encephalopathy (CTE)!  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy

To read about his accomplished life click here:  http://www.memorialsolutions.com/sitemaker/sites/Overto1/memsol.cgi?user_id=1720921

Indianola Chamber Annual Business Dinner

Come Together in 2016!

 
Mark your calendars today for the 2016 Annual Business Meeting and Annual Dinner!!
When: January 28, 2015 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
(but plan to stick around after the meeting for some networking)
Where: Hubbell Hall, Kent Campus Center, Simpson College
Cost: $45/ per ticket
Begin your night with a social hour from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and enjoy the company of other community leaders. The business meeting and dinner will promptly begin at 6:30 p.m. and last until about 8:30 p.m., but stick around for some additional networking after the program!  Online registration and sponsorship opportunities coming soon!

Pick Up a Unique Gift at Bob's Custom Trophies!

Get Your Holiday Shopping Done Today

Bob's Custom Trophies is a great place to shop for unique, personalized gifts! 

Skip the mall and choose one of these fun ideas:
  • Put your favorite family recipe on a cutting board in the original handwriting.
  • Personalize a table top cornhole game.
  • Add a name or logo to a thermal coffee cup.
  • Design a shooting sleeve for your favorite basketball player.
  • Bring us a picture your child made and turn it into a collector's ornament.
  • Choose a keychain with the logo from your favorite school.
  • Print your favorite photo on wood or tile.
  • Etch a wine glass with your favorite Pinterest saying.
  • Put a monogram or company logo on a padfolio.
  • Make a mancave sign that fits him to a T.
  • Ramp up their firepit with the perfect sign.
  • Discover something extraordinary.
Contact Bob's Custom Trophies today at 515-961-7342. 
 

Promote your Business in the Classifieds Area of the Chamber's Website

I-Clips Coupon and Classified Ads


Posting your ad is easy!  Learn more about utilzing this resource by contacting the Chamber at 515-961-6269.

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Discounted Movie Tickets for Indianola Fridley Theatre

Member2Member Program

Stop by the Chamber to pick up your discounted movie tickets! As a member, you can enjoy this benefit any time! Each ticket is $6.

Chamber Newsletter Production Deadline

Yours News is Good News!

Share your good news, articles and updates with fellow Chamber members.  Utilize a powerful network to get your news out! 

Please submit your articles, updates, or news by close of business the Friday before the What's Up Wednesday newsletter you want your news to be distributed.  The upcoming production schedule looks like this:
 
Submissions Due 4 p.m.                                    Newsletter Publish Date
December 23, 2015                                                December 30, 2015
January 1, 2016                                                      January 6, 2016
Email your newsletter items to whatsup@indianolachamer.com.  Please type "NEWSLETTER" in the Subject Line.  Images submitted should be in a jpg format. 

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